Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-05-18
GRANELOTTE'S GRAVES.
THE SPOT WHERE 10000 MEN
WERE SLAIN FOB GLORY.

Brief Description of the Battle Fieid-A
German Commanders RIunder-Ths
Grinding af til. Murdsrous MitraiI-
The village of Gravelutte is formed by
two lanes ri houses at right angles The
one On the main route leads along a
plateau for some hundreds uf yards. then
suddenly de>cemdS into u ravne which
crosses 1t, also at right angles the road
then ascending pretty steeply for "A quarter
ot a mile to the ever famous farm house
of st. Hubert This road and the raVine
on either side "f il witnessed the blooiiest
hours of the last war, and il is not easy to
write with compoSure of them inmedi-
ately after one has passed. BY the move
ments of the two forces. as every one who
followed the earlier details of the struggle
knows, the Germans were in possession Of
the village-that is, were On the French
side of the battle tield-and the five divi-
sions of the French forces, under five com
manders, We're on the German side, with
Bazaine and Metz in their rear The
French artillery WAS along the heights op-
P''i'A 'ihNNlpAA's anu at 81 flltIb-Ti NltNh
the mitrailleuseS, only too successful here.
whatever they may have been al other
times.
SOMEBODY Numbered.
Along the chausSee which winds from
the village of GravelOtte across the ra,inc.
and up 10 the farm house Of ST Hubert
on the height opposite. Won Zssrrow sent
German artillery, infantry and at last
thlans straight into the teeth of the
French on the Hill, secure in their three
tiers oi rifle pits and behind rows of artil-
lery and milrailleuSes straight AT the
lightning of the lips Of guns" The order
10 advance thus was blunder or al best
a misunderstanding and the brave Ger
mans who Obeyed il fell rank by rank till
the road and the whole rayine were COW
cred with their hodi.s: then as the rush
became more desperate the men went
down literally by sections. Ny guide over
the field inslinCtively lowered his voice a,
he spoke of the grinding of the mitrail-
leuses and the moving down Of each line
O! men as il appeared struggling up from
below. Even neN morning Archibald
Forbes found not only. Of course. the
whole place deep with dead but German
blood positively in puddles along this
road. The hlans we e sent 10 cover the
retreat when the failure of the attack he
came evident. hut Peter keenan'> charge
AT Charlottesville was not more utterly
hopeless effort The regular tactics Of
The Swiss pikemen Of the Sixteenth cen
tury. when il WAS clearly understood that
the three or four front ranks of the pha-
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raves with Jumhle OF crosses and
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hey stood IN those dreadful August days.
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lan soldiers lay side hy side. the inscrip-
ion dong homage 10 the courage Of both
like. | did not notice any Of these in